Rio Tinto adds Aurukun's 8 tpa bauxite opportunity to growing Cape York pipeline
The acquisition gives Rio Tinto control of a major undeveloped Cape York resource as it expands its existing Weipa operations and advances new mining areas. Rio Tinto is expanding its Cape York bauxite portfolio by acquiring the Aurukun bauxite project from Glencore and Mitsubishi, adding a...
Metro Mining builds bauxite momentum with record output, lower costs and broader sales
Metro Mining's Bauxite Hills operation delivered record quarterly production as lower unit costs and a broader customer base strengthen its growth profile. Metro Mining is building momentum at its Bauxite Hills bauxite mine in Queensland, with record quarterly output, lower unit costs and improving...
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Global bauxite trade data shows top five bauxite exporters of Jan-March 2017
<p>World bauxite export trade is growing. With demand for both crude and dried bauxite set on a steady growth trajectory and supply tightened due to various socio-economic reasons, the prices of the commodity are expected to remain stable or on a moderate uptrend in the medium-term. The market...
Australian Bauxite Ltd receives letter of intent for next shipment of Tasmanian bauxite
<p>Australian Bauxite Limited today announced that the company has received a letter of intent for a significant shipment of cement grade bauxite from its Bald Hill Bauxite mine, in Tasmania. The company’s marketing and logistics officers are in talks with the customer about delivery...
Queensland Parliament sees business and job growth in the domestic bauxite sector
<p>Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Premier of Queensland has said in the parliament that stronger commodity prices have resulted in a rise in job creation in the coal exploration sector. Similarly, jobs in the copper, zinc and bauxite sector would also stabilize with the ramp up of existing...
Guinea finds in China a key growth market for its bauxite produce
<p>Guinea is readying to step up its bauxite mining operations over the next three years, a leading industry journal reported, citing Guinea Mines Minister Abdoulaye Magassouba. The country, Magassouba said, plans to increase its bauxite production in order to meet the rising ore demand from...
Week In Review: the global bauxite market in news
<p>The week gone by was more or less flat for the global bauxite industry. The newsmakers are mainly from the West African and the Chinese regions. Jamaica, Fiji and Guinea are working on their bauxite industry potentials, trying to develop the industry through various investment and...
Guinea should refine its own bauxite instead of exporting it majorly, says president Condé
<p>Guinea cannot afford to thrive on bauxite exports over the long term and keep overlooking developmental issues of its domestic aluminium industry. Doing that would not only make the economy vulnerable in the hands of global commodity price volatility uncontrollable on its part but would also...
China's growing bauxite appetite to buoy up domestic prices from their current lows
<p>In our last update on China bauxite market, dated May 17, we reported a downtrend for the ore prices in few of the major Chinese provinces. The data presented clearly showed that the average bauxite price (6.0=Al/Si<7.0) in Henan was down at RMB 380 per tonne (-10% from the previous week) and...
Jamaica may not collect $1.9b for exempting bauxite levy
<p>The Jamaican government is likely to lose nearly $1.9 billion annually for its decision to exempt on the bauxite levy. The government exempted bauxite levy as part of a tax regime overhaul for extractive industries, as reported.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Fiji is ramping up its bauxite export capabilities despite socio-political unrest
<p>The Republic of Fiji is home to the Vanua Levu mine, which is one of the largest bauxite mines in Oceana, with reserves estimated at one billion metric tons. Despite having such large reserve of bauxite, bauxite mining has not been explored productively in the country due to difficult location...
Social unrest cripples bauxite mining in Guinea
<p>Bauxite production in the Republic of Guinea has been badly affected by the social unrest whereby the rioting residents are seeking solution to the rising pollution level and frequent power cuts allegedly caused due to excessive bauxite mining. The riot has jeopardized the outflow of the ore...
Australia’s bauxite export fluctuates QoQ through FY2016-2017
<p>Australia is the dominant exporter of bauxite ore around the world. The country has five mines in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. The country exports major part of its bauxite to China.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p>According to the Department of Industry,...
ABx reports major EoIs for its 121,300 tonnes sale-ready bauxite in Q1 2017
<p>Sydney based leading bauxite producer Australian Bauxite Limited is getting a steady flow of buying leads from customers intending to enter into long-term purchase agreements. In its latest quarterly activities report, the bauxite miner said it currently boasts a sale-ready stockpile of 121,300...
China’s bauxite import from India halves while total imports rise 0.11% YoY in March ‘17
<p>China's bauxite imports in March 2017 increased marginally. The country purchased 5.06 million tonnes of aluminium ore from the global market, a quantity higher by 0.11 per cent from that purchased in March 2016. Total bauxite imports during the first three months of the current year totalled...
Ghana’s 2015 bauxite export proceeds already covered in AG’s report, clarifies BoG
<p>The Bank of Ghana came up with a clarification on the US$41.05 million proceeds from bauxite exports that went missing in the Auditor General’s 2015 Statements of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments report saying it is there in the report, but in a separate column. BoG said it did not...
Indian bauxite export registers quarter on quarter increase in FY 2017
<p>According to UNFC system, India has a total bauxite resource of 3,480 million tons which includes 593 million tonnes reserves and 2,887 million tonnes remaining resources. By grades, about 84% resources are of metallurgical grade. Odisha alone accounts for 52% of country's resources of bauxite...
Ghana’s 40,000 tonnes of bauxite export in 2015 missing in the report, says PAC
<p>The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been directed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to provide details of about 40,000 tons of bauxite worth US$41million as soon as possible that the country exported in 2015.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
The 3rd Global Bauxite Conference 2017 to focus on the changing global bauxite trade
<p>The 3rd Global Bauxite Conference 2017 which is poised to open its doors in Jakarta, Indonesia from June 14-15 will be one of the biggest mineral industry events this year. The global congregation platform will enable industry players, including miners, traders, smelters, investors, government...
Guyana bauxite export still a priority even as the economy shifts its focus on oil & gas
<p>Guyana bauxite export continues to remain a strategic priority area even at a time when the economy is considering to switch from its dependence on traditional foreign exchange earners such as aluminium ore to one dominated by oil and gas following the discovery of oil reserve by US oil giant,...
